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Golden Age of Inner Peace For more than 40 years after his enlightenment he spent all of his time teaching students in both Thai- land and abroad so that they could find inner peace as he did. He taught a countless number of people to attain Dhammakaya and more than a million people found true inner peace using his meditation method. A few days before his death, he gathered his de- voted students and said, "Carry on all the work you have done, most importantly you must practise meditation. Stay and wait for someone to continue the work I have started." He passed away in February 1959. One of his de- voted students, a 55-year-old nun named Chand Khonnokyoong, (later her fellow students respect- fully called her Master Nun Chand Khonnokyo- ong) followed the order of Luang Pu and waited for the one to carry on his mission. In 1963, she met a 19-year-old university freshman who was keen to find out the Truth of Life. Even- tually, this man found the happiness he had been searching for and he finally ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1969 after his graduation. Soon after, the largest and most disciplined Temple in Thailand was built. This monk was later called Luang Por Dhammajayo, the Abbot of Dhammakaya Temple (currently he is titled by H.M. the King to the mo- 22 22